Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 56, Issue 12 , Pages 1150-1156 , December 2003

Delphi as a method to establish consensus for diagnostic criteria

,Accepted 29 April 2003.

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Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 56, Issue 12 , Pages 1150-1156 , December 2003

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